Swimming glove



April 20, 1937. w. FRIEDRICH SWIMMING GLOVE Filed June 23, 1956%7zdeZZF7:Z edflZbk VENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 20, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a hand covering and more especially to a webbedswimming glove.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a glove of thischaracter, wherein the same is formed with finger and thumb stalls,these being joined by webs therebetween and such glove when worn by aswimmer will enable the latter to efie'ct speed with minimum eifortduring swimming.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a glove of thischaracter, wherein the thumb and finger stalls are extended and theportions thereof beyond the finger and thumb of a hand of a user affordair cells thus giving a degree of buoyancy to the glove when upon thehand of a user and affording maximum pull on the water during swimming.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a glove of thischaracter, wherein the construction thereof is novel in form and in itsuse enables a maximum grip while swimming to increase the speed of suchswimmer and at the same time minimizing effort on the part of theswimmer.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a glove ofthis character, which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliableand effective in its operation, readily and easily worn, susceptible offitting different sizes of hands, strong, durable, and inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbehereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly in section of a glove constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the glove comprises a body 5 havingthumb and finger stalls 6 and 1, respectively, these being integral withthe body which together with the stalls are preferably made from rubber.

The stalls 6 and l are extended considerably and in the extendedportions are formed air cells 8 closed at 9 from the stall portions. Theextended portions of the stalls 6 and I at the outer ends thereof arerounded at 10 and the wall of each extended portion is materiallythickened while the thickness gradually diminishes inwardly of thestall.

Between the stalls 6 and l and carried outwardly between the extensionsof said stalls are flexible webs I I. The air cells 8 in the extensionsof the stalls 6 and 1 give buoyancy to the glove when worn by the handof a swimmer. The fitting of the glove upon the hand, the latterbeingindicated at A, is clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing and onthe wearing of such glove during swimming the swimmer can increase speedwith less effort as a greater pull can be had upon the water duringswimming.

What is claimed is:

A swimming glove comprising an unbroken hand accommodating body,elongated thumb and finger stalls formed with the body and havingintermediate interior partitions separating the same into inner thumband finger receiving sockets and outer closed air cells, respectively,and flexible webs between and joined with the sai stalls throughout thelength thereof for completely closing spaces between these stalls whenconsiderably spread apart with respect to each other, the stalls beingformed with walls gradually thickening from the inner ends thereof tothe outer ends of the same.

WENDELL FRIEDRICH.

